I'M no lover of mathematics, but I recently went on a spree with a calculator and a stack of brochures from some of the top resorts in the Caribbean. They lay scattered over my desk, with photos of beach umbrellas unfurled and pitchers of planter's...

By JOSEPH HERRINGTON; JOSEPH HERRINGTON is head of the Times's metropolitan copy desk

Our Boeing 707 dropped quickly and the cloud-capped peak on the island of Saba appeared below the right wing. We banked to the left, with the extinct volcano of St. Eustatius slipping by below. Moments later the lush green mountains of St. Kitts rose...

MOST days, the top of Nevis Peak, the lush green volcano that dominates the small Caribbean island of the same name, is crowned by a garland of clouds. When Columbus discovered Nevis in 1493 he thought that the clouds looked like snow, so he called...

By JACK CAVANAUGH; JACK CAVANAUGH, a frequent contributor to The Times, lives in Wilton, Conn

LEAD: WHEN word got around the island of Nevis not long ago that construction of a new golf course was being contemplated, the response from most Nevisians and long-time foreign residents was predictable: why build something we already have? That the...

WHEN you turn up at the pool or the beach at the Four Seasons Nevis, the staff members don't just smile and hand you a couple of towels. They lay them elegantly across the chaise longue, tuck them in neatly all around lest a wayward breeze dislodge...